#gatsby girl

[embersofhopevoltron]

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So I’ve basically found myself back into my voltron phase and felt like updating my ocs story and practice making edits again.

Oddly enough, back in 2018-2019 when I was sketching out her possible 80s design as the show was ending, Maximi was originally what her 80s counterpart name would be but once I came to that conclusion, I decided that both her 80s and VLD name would be the same,as I preferred it over her old outdated name.

Going off of brief readings of both DOTU and GoLion, the planet Romelle was from was Pollux (dotu) and Heracles (GoLion), Maximi’s planet in the 80s would be called Helios (in VLD, it’s Helior, but for the 80s we’re going with the Greek/Roman mythology names) and basically she and her people are solar powered flappers and gatsby style aliens that are incredibly eco friendly, so really I think her episode(s) would resemble environmental specials of the 80s and 90s? Anyway, I didn’t go too crazy with her 80s design, the only ‘alien’ thing about her are the pointy ears, but even then Allura/Fala and Romelle/Amue don’t really look all that alien either. Like her VLD design, I made her skin tone more similar to that of Hunk/Tsuyoshi, and she only has a couple freckles on her face compared to the beige speckles on her VLD design. Unlike her VLD counterpart, 80s Maximi was never enslaved or imprisoned by the Galra.

Following another theme separate from voltron, her English/Dotu voice claim would be Helen Slater (supergirl in the 80s, specifically 1984 like these voltron cartoons, heh, who knew?), like in VLD, Maximi’s voice claim would be Melissa Benoist (cw supergirl) since in both versions, the Zunir/Heliorites share similarities to kryptonians in being solar powered aliens but unlike kryptonians, are not bulletproof or have super strength or have super speed, X-ray vision, or frost/wind breath all at once. Plus the more I watched clips of Melissa Benoist’s performances, as well as clips from the 1984 supergirl movie, the more I could see the voices fitting. Also, the Zunir/heliorites have incredible heat tolerance and each ‘breed’ possess unique abilities, such as plant manipulation w/ durability, lava bending w/ incredible strength, and flight + thermokinesis (that can manifest as fire bending, welding, heat vision, star bolts,etc depending on the individual) at least in VLD. In the 80s, heliorites are solar powered flapper gatsby aliens with green thumbs and are able to fly, both counterparts draw power from their suns and are basically ‘human’ if drained, which I guess could be another similarity to kryptonians.

Tbh it’s about time I got to this oc meme…yrs after the show ended and the fandom drastically shrunk…but at least some people are still around making ocs, fixits, fanart and appreciating these characters.

You can find more of my art on my deviant art: @wonderpepperboops

[localcuttlefish]

Group call

[blueskittlesart]

in the nicest and most non-confrontational way possible. i feel like some of you think that anything that isn't directly openly spelled out for you within a story is "missed potential" or "unexplored." like. sometimes there are implied narratives. sometimes the point is that you as the reader are supposed to think and draw your own conclusions and participate in the story. the writers not directly spelling every little detail out for you doesn't mean that the story is poorly written or missed its own plot details somehow. PLEASE.

[444prilsbae]

[glamorouspoets]

Burlesque dancers, circa 1920

[svdaily]

[ekurie987]

every once in a while I lose my mind over fictional characters who are supposed to be straight but CLEARLY have something else going on

[balletdolls]

The Great Gatsby 1974

[claudefrollosreddiamondring]

“I wish we had more complicated characters in book!”

YALL COULDN’T EVEN HANDLE HER‼️

[kmesons]

some starcanwreckedpulp character drawing requests from discord! got to try out some new grey brush markers for these.

[todayisyourturntolose]

my english 3 honors teacher should've never made us read the great gatsby bcuz now that ive finished it i can't not think about nick and gatsby. someone help me

[dreamysnowangel444]

You're so art deco, out on the floor

[mansion-of-haunts]

hello great gatsby enjoyers

[vincent-is-vintage]

Too much stress for Nick, he’s just a girl who wants a nice summer

[oliviaaaah]

me when someone in real life mentions anything newsies related and i have to act totally normal and not at all obsessed with it

[peppermintsandbones5]

My favorite pastime is looking up fan fiction for classic literature on AO3 and seeing what monstrosities people have made